Watut language
| Watut | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Watut River region |
Native speakers | (3,200 cited 1988–2012)[1] |
Language family | Austronesian
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:una – North Watutmpl – Middle Watutmcy – South Watut |
| Glottolog | watu1246 |
Watut is a language complex of Austronesian languages spoken in northern Papua New Guinea. Dialects include Maralinan, Silisili, Unank, Maralangko, and Danggal. It is spoken in Watut Rural LLG of Morobe Province.
Varieties[]
Watut varieties and their respective locations are:[2]
- South Watut
- South Watut, dialect 1: Danggal, Wawas (6°57′54″S 146°22′23″E / 6.964888°S 146.373114°E), and Kumwats villages
- South Watut, dialect 2: Maraianglro (6°58′07″S 146°22′32″E / 6.968605°S 146.375509°E) and Dzenemp (6°57′52″S 146°22′32″E / 6.964491°S 146.375677°E) villages
- Middle Watut: Babwaf (6°52′57″S 146°23′57″E / 6.88249°S 146.399126°E), Mararena (6°52′57″S 146°24′00″E / 6.882399°S 146.400017°E), and Bentseng (Tshetsie) (6°51′23″S 146°21′21″E / 6.856273°S 146.355971°E) villages
- North Watut: Vruf (6°46′46″S 146°23′17″E / 6.779356°S 146.387941°E), Mahanadzo (6°44′49″S 146°25′01″E / 6.746839°S 146.416959°E), Morom (6°46′21″S 146°18′08″E / 6.772604°S 146.302126°E), and Wampan villages
References[]
- ^ North Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Middle Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
South Watut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ^ Holzknecht, Susanne (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.
Further reading[]
- Carter, John, John Grummitt, Janell Masters and Brian Paris. 2014. A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Watut Languages: South Watut (mcy), Middle Watut (mpl), and North Watut (una). SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2014-006.
Categories:
- Markham languages
- Languages of Morobe Province
- Western Oceanic language stubs